I'll be brewing up my first batch, as well. And I'd like to add that following the advice of drinking a beer while brewing your own is a great one. I mean, you need bottles to bottle your homebrew when it's ready, right? Why pay for brand new empties when it's so much more fun to empty the pre-filled ones? And what better time to do that than during the brewing of your first batch? Brilliant!
Cheers and have fun!